UNE Slips Past Women’s Basketball, 55-52

BEVERLY, Mass. – The Endicott women's basketball team lost to the University of New England (UNE), 55-52, on Tuesday night in conference action at MacDonald Gymnasium.

Trailing 52-47 with three minutes remaining in the contest, UNE's Sadie Nelson (Windham, Maine) canned a pair of three-pointers at 1:19 and 28-seconds, respectively, to give the Nor'easters a slim 53-52 advantage.

UNE forced a turnover on Endicott's next possession (:18) and saw Jocelyn Chaput (Nashua, N.H.) convert both of her free throw attempts with 16-seconds to play to come away with the eventual victory.

Emily Pratt (Gardner, Mass.) finished with a game-high 17 points (5-19 FG, 3-8 3PT, 4-4 FT), while Kaleigh Putnam (Wallingford, Conn.) had 12 points and four rebounds.

Emma Tierney (Wolfeboro, N.H.) also chipped in with four points, nine rebounds, and six blocks and Shannon Gilbert (Easton, Conn.) contributed six points and eight rebounds in the loss.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Today's game was the 43rd meeting between the two programs in the all-time series.
• Endicott is 6-3 at home this season.
• UNE outscored Endicott 22-10 in the fourth quarter.
• The Nor'easters' 22 points served as the highest total in any quarter in the matchup
• Endicott led for 27:34 of tonight's game.

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott (15-7, 11-2 CCC) travels to Roger Williams on Saturday, February 9 at 1 PM. UNE (12-11, 10-4 CCC) hosts Nichols this Saturday at 1 PM. 

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(Photo Credit - Mike Conners)